Consumer prices in July 2015, compared with July 2014, increased by 1.0% and in relation with December 2014, by 1.1%.
Observed by main groups according to destination of consumption in July 2015 in relation to the previous month, the greatest decrease of prices was noted in the following groups: Food and non-alcoholic beverages (-3.7%), Clothing and footwear (-1.1%), Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (-0.4%), Health (-0.3%) and Restaurants and hotels (-0.2%).
An increase of prices was noted in the groups of Recreation and culture (4.3%), Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (2.2%), Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.4%) and in the groups of Transport and Communication (by 0.2% each group).
Prices of other products and services mostly remained unchanged.
CPI COICOP is defined as a measure of average change of retail prices of goods and services used for personal consumption.